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Observation of a ternary nanocrystal superlattice and its structural characterization by electron tomography

  • Wiel H. Evers
  • , Heiner Friedrich
  • , Laura Filion
  • , Marjolein Dijkstra
  • , Daniel Vanmaekelbergh

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    Abstract

    Three's company: The first genuine ternary colloidal crystal (see picture) is composed of PbSe nanocrystals of two different diameters (blue and green) and of CdSe nanocrystals (red). Electron tomography shows that the superlattice is isostructural with the atomic lattice AIMgB4.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9655-9657
    Number of pages3
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume48
    Issue number51
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Dec 2009

    Keywords

    • Nanoparticles
    • Quantum dots
    • Self-assembly
    • Superlattices
    • Ternary systems

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